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win in romney's march towards the nomination. here's the most important math for viewers to know. there are about 1,200 outstanding delegates. of those, mitt romney needs to win about 45% in order to win the nomination. that is certainly achievable. his closest rival, rick santorum, needs to win about 70%. very unlikely. you're going to start to hear a drumbeat from individuals, asking santorum and others to drop out. >> and what we heard from romney last night in his victory speech, we heard president obama's name mentioned a time or two. what's his message right now? >> reporter: it's very clearly a very stark choice between barack obama, who he's casting as a law professor, versus a conservative businessman. romney spoke last night almost as if he had clinched the nomination last night. he's setting the stage for the choice, as he wants to present it to the voters. >> but coming up next, we have louisiana. and we know santorum did very well down south last week, winning in mississippi and alabama. will he still feel the pressu
win in romney's march towards the nomination. here's the most important math for viewers to know. there are about 1,200 outstanding delegates. of those, mitt romney needs to win about 45% in order to win the nomination. that is certainly achievable. his closest rival, rick santorum, needs to win about 70%. very unlikely. you're going to start to hear a drumbeat from individuals, asking santorum and others to drop out. >> and what we heard from romney last night in his victory speech, we...
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romney picked up delegates overnight. >> reporter: while all of us were sleeping, mitt romney picked up another 18 delegates. he'll probably add nine more today. he won well in guam and the mariana islands. 40 delegates in kansas. polls show that kansas will be santorum territory. all this leading up to tuesday. to what have become a couple of big races. mississippi and alabama. who would have thought those two races could have a big impact on the republican race. they will. >> and romney knew this would be a tough round for him coming up on tuesday. any states he's likely to pick up at all? >> reporter: he was not expected to do well in mississippi or alabama. he's looking like he has a chance in alabama. and, of course, newt gingrich said he would go through the southern states and win. some question as to if he can survive if he doesn't win. romney could pick up a southern state, that could change this. it will be a big day on tuesday. >> a lot of people wondering if this could be the final straw for newt gingrich. we'll wait and see. >>> the race continues to be interesting. >>>
romney picked up delegates overnight. >> reporter: while all of us were sleeping, mitt romney picked up another 18 delegates. he'll probably add nine more today. he won well in guam and the mariana islands. 40 delegates in kansas. polls show that kansas will be santorum territory. all this leading up to tuesday. to what have become a couple of big races. mississippi and alabama. who would have thought those two races could have a big impact on the republican race. they will. >> and...
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a region that could be an uphill battle for mitt romney. >> romney is having trouble closing the deal. he's heading into a tough couple of days. >>> also this morning, striking new video from that bizarre day care murder trial involving this guy who says visions of barry white and olivia newton-john told him to kill. he's mounting an insanity defense. in this jailhouse interview, he talks in very specific, rather cogent detail about his murder property. >>> final lly, a story we love. the latest internet sensation. an 85-year-old woman whose rave review of the newest restaurant many her town has been sent to millions. none other than olive garden. and she loved it. and some food snobs are teasing her about it. you're going to want to hear from her and see what she has to say. >> she loves her bread sticks. >>> we're going to kick off this morning with new video overnight of what some passengers are calling the most terrifying flight they have ever been on. the plane rolling down a runway when screams start to echo through the cabin. listen to this. [ screaming ] >> that is a veteran f
a region that could be an uphill battle for mitt romney. >> romney is having trouble closing the deal. he's heading into a tough couple of days. >>> also this morning, striking new video from that bizarre day care murder trial involving this guy who says visions of barry white and olivia newton-john told him to kill. he's mounting an insanity defense. in this jailhouse interview, he talks in very specific, rather cogent detail about his murder property. >>> final lly, a...
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ohio and tennessee are key for mitt romney. if he wins those states, he could finally establish himself as the inevitable nominee. more americans do hold a negative view of him than positive. >>> a north carolina man sentenced to life in prison for the beating death of his pregnant wife. his first trial ended in a hung jury. more from yunji de nies. >> reporter: the verdict came in a tense, emotional courtroom. >> life in prison without benefit of parole. >> reporter: the jury found jason young guilty of brutally beating michelle young to death in 2006 while she was five months preg nant with their son. michelle's mother clutched her daughter's suit. >> this is michelle's. >> reporter: michelle's sister found her lying dead in her home. her daughter hiding in her mother's room. >> sweetie, do you know what happened to mommy? did she fall? >> she got a boo-boo. she got boo-boos ever where. >> reporter: jason young claimed he was on a business trip. prosecutors said he made the trip back to raleigh in the middle of the fight and
ohio and tennessee are key for mitt romney. if he wins those states, he could finally establish himself as the inevitable nominee. more americans do hold a negative view of him than positive. >>> a north carolina man sentenced to life in prison for the beating death of his pregnant wife. his first trial ended in a hung jury. more from yunji de nies. >> reporter: the verdict came in a tense, emotional courtroom. >> life in prison without benefit of parole. >> reporter:...
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look at vermont. 7 of 10 voted for someone besides romney. the president's chief adviser is capitalizing. saying romney is is too behold on the conservatives. >> if you don't have the strength to stand up to the most strident voices in your party, how are you going to stand up for ahmadinejad. >> reporter: meanwhile, the president is going swinging. >> can i hear an amen? >> reporter: he's visited the swing states of ohio, iowa, nevada, colorado, michigan, new hampshire, wisconsin, florida twice and virginia three times. one last sign that the primaries may not totally be over. next week, three fund-raisers in new york to raise money for the primaries. >> this election will turn on the state of the economy. that's where we turn now. a new positive jobs report out yesterday from a private research firm sent the stock market up. we want to get more from the anchor of street smart, trish reegen. you look at the jobs reports, all good news. 200,000 jobs a month. tomorrow, the big one comes out from the federal government. should we look for more
look at vermont. 7 of 10 voted for someone besides romney. the president's chief adviser is capitalizing. saying romney is is too behold on the conservatives. >> if you don't have the strength to stand up to the most strident voices in your party, how are you going to stand up for ahmadinejad. >> reporter: meanwhile, the president is going swinging. >> can i hear an amen? >> reporter: he's visited the swing states of ohio, iowa, nevada, colorado, michigan, new hampshire,...
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the romney campaign says it would take an act of god for mitt romney to lose the nomination now. they're exclusively focused on beating the president. while he wants to run in the general election he can't yet run away from the primaries. in this corner, the boston campaign headquarters of mitt romney. in this corner, the white house political operation of president obama. the bell has rung, the fight is on. at least that's the fight mitt romney wants. his plans for the coming days? twofold. hit the president on the economy. >> are you happy with the trillion dollars of additional debt every year? are you happy with high gasoline prices? >> reporter: and emphasize party unity. >> when we have a nominee, we'll come together. because barack obama has organized the conservative community. >> reporter: the problem for romney, while he wants to be boxing obama, he doesn't yet have the ring to himself. >> game on! >> reporter: the math may be near impossible for santorum. ♪ we finally got a man who will stand for what is right ♪ >> reporter: but he has a new campaign song from tayl
the romney campaign says it would take an act of god for mitt romney to lose the nomination now. they're exclusively focused on beating the president. while he wants to run in the general election he can't yet run away from the primaries. in this corner, the boston campaign headquarters of mitt romney. in this corner, the white house political operation of president obama. the bell has rung, the fight is on. at least that's the fight mitt romney wants. his plans for the coming days? twofold....
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mitt romney can't lock up the nomination yet. in the race to be the big kahuna, he's the clear winner. if it's an island with a beach, he wins it. first guam, american samoa, virgin islands and now picking up puerto rico overnight. he won more than 80% of the vote there and all 20 delegates up for grabs. in terms of momentum and perception, it's tomorrow in illinois, that's the big catch. romney wants to prove he can lock up this race before the convention and a big win in the heartland could do just that. now, as for rick santorum, the two days he spent in puerto rico, seem mystifying, tomorrow is the vote in chicago. quantitiering time he could have been in illinois. where the race is close, five points it's tomorrow. >> for now, he's got big kahuna down. >>> there's a desperate search in georgia for a hot air balloon pilot being called a hero. ed ristano, 63 year old and a veteran balloonist, was taking skydivers up when a sudden thunderstorm blew in. he told everybody to jump, they did, they survived. he took his balloon up,
mitt romney can't lock up the nomination yet. in the race to be the big kahuna, he's the clear winner. if it's an island with a beach, he wins it. first guam, american samoa, virgin islands and now picking up puerto rico overnight. he won more than 80% of the vote there and all 20 delegates up for grabs. in terms of momentum and perception, it's tomorrow in illinois, that's the big catch. romney wants to prove he can lock up this race before the convention and a big win in the heartland could...
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a big win for mitt romney in puerto rico. the battleground everyone is watching is illinois. that's coming up tomorrow. let's get to john berman with the latest on that. >> mitt romney can't lock up the nomination yet. in the race to be the big kahuna, he's the clear win person if it's an island with a beach, he wins it. picking up puerto rico overnight. he won more than 80% of the vote there and all 20 delegates up for grabs. tomorrow in illinois is a big test. he wants to prove he can lock up the race before the convention. as for rick santorum, the two days he spent in puerto rico now seem miystifying. tomorrow is the vote there. >> for now, he's got big kahuna down. >>> there's a desperate sej in georgia for a hot air balloon pilot being called a hero. ed ristano was taking five sky-divers up when a sudden thunderstorm blew in. he told everybody to jump, they did, they survived. he took his balloon up, trying to ride out the storm above it. >>> in colorado this morning, a wind-driven wildfire is almost fully contained. it was in yuma county. the fire burned an area 14 by
a big win for mitt romney in puerto rico. the battleground everyone is watching is illinois. that's coming up tomorrow. let's get to john berman with the latest on that. >> mitt romney can't lock up the nomination yet. in the race to be the big kahuna, he's the clear win person if it's an island with a beach, he wins it. picking up puerto rico overnight. he won more than 80% of the vote there and all 20 delegates up for grabs. tomorrow in illinois is a big test. he wants to prove he can...
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. >>> the latest polls showing mitt romney holding a double-digit lead over rick santorum in illinois. while saying his campaign was focused on fundamental issues, santorum said the unemployment rate does not matter to him. he seemed to admit that that was a gaffe, saying he needs a do-over. >>> oprah's troubled new cable network, is laying off a fifth of its staff and bringing in new managers. ratings have not been so great since the channel debuted last year. >>> they have to try in the "desperate housewives" lawsuit. a judge has declared a mistrial, in nick lollette sheridan's tri. jurors were deadlocked. >>> now, to diane sawyer and what's on "world news tonight." good morning, diane. >> good morning, dan. and everybody at "gma." she is lighting up march madness. she left everything to take care of the sister who needed her. now, returning in triumph. talk about a championship story. it's tonight on "world news." >> thank you, diane. >>> the story of the corporal, the canine and a huge campaign for a reunion. they will be reunited this week in california. he could no longer serve
. >>> the latest polls showing mitt romney holding a double-digit lead over rick santorum in illinois. while saying his campaign was focused on fundamental issues, santorum said the unemployment rate does not matter to him. he seemed to admit that that was a gaffe, saying he needs a do-over. >>> oprah's troubled new cable network, is laying off a fifth of its staff and bringing in new managers. ratings have not been so great since the channel debuted last year. >>>...